Secondary Work Groups and Events
2023-2024 Projects
Secondary Teaching for Mastery Development
Summary
This Work Group brings together participant schools who wish to develop a teaching for mastery approach to implement the DFE KS3 Guidance. Each school should identify two teachers (preferably one is the KS3 lead) who initially develop their own practice and are empowered by their HoD to start to bring about changes within the department.
Dates - TBC
Time Commitment: 5 half days (1 -4pm) sessions and 5 school visits.
Secondary Maths Subject Leaders Community
Summary
This Work Group offers focused support to secondary heads of department/subject leaders, to enable them to better understand and implement teaching for mastery approaches across their department, and to develop in their role as leaders of both pupil learning and teacher professional development.
Dates - TBC
Time Commitment: 3 full days (November, February, and June)
Cross Phase - Supporting Low Attainers to Achieve a L2 Qualification in Mathematics
Summary
This work group will focus on developing transferable teaching techniques aligned to teaching for mastery. Participants will attend three full-day workshops and complete practise-based tasks between sessions.
Dates - TBC
Time Commitment: 3 full days (November, February, and June)
SKTM Secondary Early Career Teachers - Phase 1
Summary
This project is designed to support secondary early career teachers (teachers in their first or second year of teaching) in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in maths in the classroom.
Dates - TBC
Time Commitment: Six 1.5 hour twilights
SKTM Secondary Early Career Teachers - Phase 2
Summary
This project is designed to support secondary early career teachers (teachers in their second or third year of teaching and they will have engaged with Phase 1 before engaging with this phase) in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in maths in the classroom.
Dates - TBC
Time Commitment: Six 1.5 hour twilights
SKTM Secondary Non - Specialist Teachers Programme
Summary
This project is offers secondary non-specialist teachers valuable CPD focusing on subject knowledge and pedagogy, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in maths in the classroom.
This Work Group is with the London Central and West Maths Hub.
Time Commitment: 6 full days
SKTM Secondary Teaching Assistants Programme
Summary
This project is offers secondary non-specialist teachers valuable CPD focusing on subject knowledge and pedagogy, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in maths in the classroom.
This Work Group is with the London Central and West Maths Hub.
Time Commitment: 4 full days
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Events
Teaching for Mastery, what it is and what it's not!
Summary
Come to our event to find out more about what Teaching for Mastery is and what it’s not and how we can support you and your school. This will be an opportunity to see Teaching for Mastery pedagogy in action in KS3 and collaborate and discuss what you have seen with colleagues.
Bespoke visits to be set up. Preferably Tuesdays or Wednesday.
Location: Woodmansterne School, Woodmansterne Road (Secondary entrance is from Woodmansterne road)
London, SW16 5UQ
KS3 Network Meetings
Summary
With everything that has been going on this past year we thought it would be great to get together as KS3 Maths Leads to share knowledge, swap ideas and discuss all things maths-related.
In these sessions, there will be opportunities to:
• Discuss a topical issue
• Update on NCETM latest resources
• Explore Maths Hub Support and Programmes
• Hear from a guest speaker
Dates - TBC
HoD Network Meetings
Summary
With everything that has been going on this past year we thought it would be great to get together as HoDs to share knowledge, swap ideas and discuss all things maths-related.
In these sessions, there will be opportunities to:
• Discuss a topical issue
• Update on NCETM latest resources
• Explore Maths Hub Support and Programmes
• Hear from a guest speaker
Dates - TBC
2024 - 2025 Projects
Secondary Mastery Specialist Programme
Summary
Mastery Specialists are classroom practitioners who have developed expertise in the mastery approach to teaching maths. Through rigorous and interactive training, they have become experts in introducing and embedding mastery. After first developing a mastery approach in their own classrooms, they progress to supporting colleagues in their own and other schools.
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Professional Development Lead Programme
Summary
If you have existing experience as a leader of professional development and wish to develop further in this role, this programme is for you. Your prior experience could be within your own setting/organisation or more widely, including work with your local hub. Experience and an ongoing commitment to lead professional development for teachers of maths is an essential requirement for recruitment to the programme.
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School Development Lead Programme
Summary
The programme is for teachers leading change in a school or group of schools other than their own, and will benefit those who have previous experience of developing leadership capacity in schools/groups of schools or who are new to the role.
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